Presence Builder comes with a set of website topics. A topic is a site
template containing several webpages prefilled with relevant text,
images, navigation menus, appropriate scripts, and meta information for
use by search engines.
Website topics work in the following way:
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A user selects a suitable topic in Presence Builder by browsing in a
list of topics or searching by a keyword.A number of keywords can be defined for each topic.
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The user specifies a website name, selects a language, and specifies
personal information, such as name, company, address, email, and
phone number.This information is inserted into the appropriate areas of the
website, for example, on the “About Us” and “Contact Us” pages. This
is done by means of placeholder variables. The following variables
can be used in topics:%%companyName%%
,%%address%%
,
%%city%%
,%%country%%
,%%phone%%
,%%email%%
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After the user clicks Create Site, the editor does the following:
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Loads the selected website topic with the prefilled text.
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Inserts the information supplied by the user in the appropriate
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Picks a random color scheme and layout for the site. They are
randomly selected by the editor to ensure a unique appearance of
the site; however, when creating your own topic, you can apply a
custom layout and style and make the editor use them for your
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Picks an appropriate image file to show as the site banner. The
relevance of banners to site topics is determined by matching
keywords in the website topics’ meta data and in the banner
descriptions. The instructions on how to add banner images for
topics are provided in the section Adding Custom Banner
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Loads the scripts (or modules) that should be used on the site.
The modules provided by the editor include Text & Images, Contact
Form, Image Gallery, Image Slider, Blog, Embedded Video, Online
Store, Social Sharing, Map, Site Search, and Advertising.When creating a custom topic, you should include only the
following modules: Text & Images, Contact Form, Blog, Embedded
Video, Comments, and Social Sharing.
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The user makes the desired changes to the site content and publishes
the site to a hosting account.